ESKAE AMIGO
Eskae Amigo born Skhumbuzo Motsa is another local artist who has made a move to SA, he has spent over five years in the rainbow nation. He shared how his stay has been, as well as reasons for his move to the neighboring country. “Well my stay has been full of ups and down, wins and losses. However, I have managed to work my way up from the bottom to where I am, and right now I’m not complaining. Currently I’m actually enjoying my stay here because it has landed me in front of different people and opportunities that I reach for every day, opportunities I may not have got in the same manner back home,” Eskae said.
Landed
The artist went on to say that the industry that side is at a more advanced stage than in Eswatini, which has landed him in different spaces at a provincial level, and a national level. The artist went on to say that the opportunities and spaces that have been afforded to him continue to greatly impact the growth of his brand on a bigger scale than would have been the case at home.
“There is a lot of information about the industry which I’m able to access first hand, which helps me develop my brand and align it with the mainstream industry. Funny enough, I never planned to come here.
I was working on my career in Eswatini which was growing smoothly, until a friend of mine Flame Masco (who I did not know at the time) sent me a message on Facebook after hearing a single I released a few years back. He introduced himself to me and tried convincing me to come to Mpumalanga, which I never showed interest in until he actually physically came to me in Manzini a year later.” He concluded by saying that after going to
Nelspruit for the first time, and seeing the scene in the industry, he instantly made a decision that he was not going